{"id":120749,"date":"2023-11-04T09:49:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T09:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=120749"},"modified":"2023-11-04T09:49:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T09:49:06","slug":"boris-johnsons-assassins-exposed-as-former-pm-told-he-would-be-taken-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/boris-johnsons-assassins-exposed-as-former-pm-told-he-would-be-taken-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson’s ‘assassins’ exposed as former PM told he would be ‘taken down’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boris Johnson<\/span>‘s downfall was masterminded by a cabal which has been in control of the Conservative Party for 20 years, an ally of the former Prime Minister has claimed.<\/p>\n

Ex-Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries<\/span> claims Michael Gove<\/span>, Dominic Cummings and adviser Dougie Smith are part of the “movement” which conspired against Mr Johnson.<\/p>\n

In her new book, The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson, Ms Dorries claims the secret clique toppled Iain Duncan Smith as party leader, caused havoc for Theresa May and undermined Liz Truss<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Ms Dorries, in extracts from her book published by the Daily Mail<\/span>, alleged Mr Gove “binds all the dark-arts people together”.<\/p>\n

A source told Ms Dorries: “It was plainly obvious that Friday morning, the day after the election victory in December 2019, they [the movement] were furious.”<\/p>\n

The source claimed the feeling was Mr Johnson had “won too big” and the confidence that gave him would “make it more difficult to control him”.<\/p>\n

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Ms Dorries wrote in 2019 the “movement” needed Boris to save them from “all the harm” they were responsible for. They had lined up Rishi Sunak to be PM but he “just wasn’t ready”.<\/p>\n

She claimed once Mr Johnson was in Downing Street and had given the Government a big majority, “it was time to get him out”.<\/p>\n

Mr Johnson is quoted in the work detailing an “unexpected and fairly unpleasant” phone call in 2021 from Mr Smith.<\/p>\n

The former prime minister said he remembered Mr Smith telling him he should go, adding: “‘You are poison, like Nixon. If you don’t go, I’m going to take you down. I’ll finish you off'”.<\/p>\n

One tactic Ms Dorries claimed the “movement” employed to get rid of Mr Johnson was to plant negative stories in the press about his wife, Carrie Johnson, to put a strain on their relationship.<\/p>\n

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The bombshell claims come after Ms Dorries was told the Government considers her in breach of ministerial rules by failing to provide it with a pre-publication transcript of the new book.<\/p>\n

Ms Dorries accused the Cabinet Office of trying to block its November 9 release after she refused to share a copy with the department, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

Under the Radcliffe rules, ministers have to relinquish all Government material when ceasing to hold a role.<\/p>\n

Former ministers intending to publish memoirs are also required to “submit the draft manuscript in good time before publication to the Cabinet Secretary.”<\/p>\n

But Ms Dorries said her book is “not a memoir in any remote sense of the word and has zero to do with policy or official secrets”.<\/p>\n